19 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1493, 19 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9271 Robert Desantis, Bernard Boyle, and All Others Similarly Situated v. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., Inc., a Corporation, Donald Strailey v. Happy Times Nursery School, Inc., a California Corporation, Wilda Lundborg, President and Director, and Does 1 Through 10, Judy Lundin and Barbara Buckley v. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., Inc., and the Communication Workers of America
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608 F.2d 327 19 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1493 , 19 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9271 Robert DeSANTIS, Bernard Boyle, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO., INC., a corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Donald STRAILEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAPPY TIMES NURSERY SCHOOL, INC., a California Corporation, Wilda Lundborg, President and Director, and Does 1 through 10, Defendants-Appellees. Judy LUNDIN and Barbara Buckley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO., INC., and the Communication Workers of America, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 77-1109, 77-1204 and 77-1662. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 31, 1979. Rehearing Denied July 12, 1979. Richard Gayer, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Harold R. Crookes, San Francisco, Cal., William H. Ng, Atty., Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before CHOY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, * District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Male and female homosexuals brought three separate federal district court actions claiming that their employers or…